Evaluation of perception of self-efficacy in pediatric oncology patients
Abstract
Objective: Studies with adult oncology patients reveal the protective and therapeutic effect that self-efficacy has on facing the disease. The influence of this variable has not been studied in childhood cancer cases, thus this study is proposed in order to evaluate the perception of self-efficacy in these patients. Method: In doing so, Self-Efficacy Scale in Pediatric Oncology Patients has been created, providing an internal consistency index of Cronbach of .889. Results: The results of our investigation show that subjects believe themselves properly self-efficient to cope with their disease: 85% of them have medium-high level, and just 15% of them have low level. Conclusion: These results confirm the observed trend in recent studies that show an appropriate psychosocial adaptation of oncological children in the presence of the disease and its treatments.
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